Fraser River Delta Lower Slope Hydrophone Deployed 2013-05-03

The JASCO M8 Hydrophone 157 was deployed on 2013-05-03 at Fraser River Delta Lower Slope. This site is located on the lower slope of the Fraser River delta, where depth is approximately 150 metres. This device is a Hydrophone. Hydrophones are devices containing transducers that convert underwater sound waves into electrical signals. They are acoustic instruments that can process data while they are being collected to produce calibrated waveform data. Hydrophones are typically used to study vocalizations of marine mammals, ship traffic and ambient noise. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.